Q2 Differential for Alfa GT 3.2L

[favish]

Desperate Help

After 7 years of purring she lost her legs.

At a traffic light, I put her into first and there was no gear. Second and a grind, again first gear....nothing and then a nudge forward.

My Alfa workshop tells me I need to have a Q2 differential including new clutch. All up $6000, however, there may be other repairs totalling another $2500 for other identified issues. Total repair could reach $8500.

Although it would be extremely difficult to obtain a second quote as the GT v6 is immobile, I was hoping if a forum member could steer me in the right direction.

I have only done 70k km in the last 7 years, love the look and feel of the car and I think the trade in value would be $8000.

My question would be ....

1/ would you have an Alfa Shop in Melbourne that specialises in such repairs?
2/ What would one expect to pay for a Full transmission rebuild? Q2 Differential


Appreciate any guidance

thanks
Sel Favish

[Meng]

Maranello Pursang is your best bet. http://www.maranellopursang.com/

Sounds like your original diff blew?  If you want to save money, just import one from the UK, it's a lot cheaper: http://www.ebspares.co.uk/alfa_GT/Q2_diff_for_6_speed_manual_cars/info.cfm

Maranello can then fit it for you once you've got it in.

As for the gearbox, I think Torben has a spare 6-speed lying around, PM me know if you're interested (unless Torben reads this first).

A brand new box and Q2 installed would be way less than what you were quoted, as long as you source the parts yourself.

[TFJ100]

Sorry to hear about your experience, Sel...and thanks Meng for the heads-up.

Remembering back to my experience from 2009 (a lot of people have this experience by the way because the differentials are fragile...if only The Age could get hold of it!)

When your diff blows, it can send shards through into the gearbox and blow a hole through the bell-housing. Best case, you need a new diff (~$900 landed for a Quaife from Autolusso, maybe a little more for a Q2 from EBSpares as Meng suggests, because I don't think it comes with bearings and seals) plus $500 for fitting = $1,400.
Next - a new bell-housing. These things can be expensive new (if you can still get them). I bought a second-hand one through Maranello for $2k
Next - gearbox internals - It is allegedly quite hard (or expensive) to re-build a gearbox, but I don't know...can anyone comment?

Total - $3,400 + a new clutch (~$1,000) if you don't need to do anything to your gearbox = $4,400. When I got mine done it worked out to about $5k because Q2s were more expensive back then and fitting took a little longer than it does today (since it happens so often, these guys can whip em out in only a few hours now)

Now - if you can get hold of a replacement gearbox with a Quaife diff already in it for $2,200, and fit it for another say $400, then you'd be laughing.

PM me or call me on 0410 225522 if you want to buy a replacement gearbox  ...but you'd have to be quick, as a guy in Brisbane who just had the same outcome wants the diff and is deciding on the gearbox as we speak...